The greatest number of buyouts came in the immediate aftermath of the devastating 1993 floods that caused $15 billion in damage and killed 32 people. No state has had more buyouts than Missouri, ...

"One who knows the Mississippi will promptly aver--not aloud but to himself--that ten thousand River Commissions with the minds of the world at their back, cannot tame that lawless stream, cannot curb ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - July 27, 1993, the Great Flood of ‘93 impacted 9 states and left 50 people dead. It lasted from April to August of that year.

But in July 1993, the Missouri River rose higher than ever, with a current so strong it swept the Cedar City fire station off its foundation. At least one house floated away, smashed into a bridge and ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - When the Missouri River leaped out of its banks in 1993, the floodwaters were merciless. They damaged nearly every levee along the swollen channel in Missouri and inundated thousands ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was first published in 2018, for the 25th anniversary of flooding. More than 30 years ago, floods swept across Iowa from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River, ...

ST. LOUIS — The fast-rising Mississippi River on Thursday neared levels unseen since a historic 1993 flood, threatening levees and forcing people living near the bulging Big Muddy to move to higher ...